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Hi and welcome to FlickZee Blogs, where we keep you updated with all the latest happenings of the Digital Media World. And in today’s blog, you’ll get to know everything about ALTBalaji; ALTBalaji cost, ALTBalaji TV shows, ALTBalaji films, and the offers on ALTBalaji subscription.

What is ALT Balaji?

ALTBalaji is a Video-On-Demand streaming service like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hotstar, which was launched in April 2017. In such a less time, it has emerged as one of the most popular online video streaming services in India, credit goes to its youth-oriented content and the cheaper Internet plans in India.

ALT Balaji is a subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. owned by Ekta Kapoor. Reliance Industries also has a 25% stake in Balaji Telefilms. You can stream content in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia. The ALT Balaji subscription is also being distributed complimentary by various telecom operators in India including Jio, Airtel & Vodafone to selected customers. Read the below section to find out more.

What Content Can I Watch on ALTBalaji?

ALT Balaji gets the straight up advantage of being owned by Balaji Telefilms in terms of the content catalogue. AltBalaji offers a huge and vast library of movies, shows, and ALTBalaji originals to its users. Most of ALTBalaji’s content is youth-oriented, but you’ll find some good family friendly content as well. We have curated a complete list of the type of content that you’ll find on ALTBalaji. Take a look.

ALT Balaji Originals

These are the TV shows and movies that are generated by ALTBalaji originally. ALT Balaji features a slew of original content in 7 languages. ALT Balaji Original Web Series are in diverse genres comedy, drama, horror, thriller and romances. While the ALT Balaji originals are fun to watch, but some of them are not advisable to stream with your parents.

Popular ALT Balaji Originals

Dev DD: Story is about a Girl who does not adhere to the rules made by society and attempts to break the typical image of the women created by people.

The Test Case: Story of Captain Shikha who is willing to go to any extent to fit in the male-dominated army academy on her way to becoming the first case in a combat role in the Indian Army.

The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family: Retired army general is well set with his family when his younger brother decides to pay a visit to his hometown and then starts a series of issues, blame game and problems.

X.X.X Uncensored: XXX explores the story of various facets of a sexual relationship. It is one of the boldest web series that is divided into 5 parts and it contains erotic and raunchy sequences.

Gandi Baat: Gandii Baat explicitly shows the complications and dissatisfaction in people’s sexual lives from rural India, who succumb to their need for pleasures and end up taking wicked and unexpected turns.

Apharan: The story revolves around a senior Inspector Rudra Srivastava with Uttarakhand police. He is convinced by a mysterious woman to kidnap a girl at a wedding.

Baby Come Naa: Baby Come Naa is about a playboy who is double dating two women and both of them declare themselves as his wife.

Zabaan Sambhaal Ke: his series covers a story of an eccentric and lunatic group of people who come to National Institute of Languages to learn Hindi.

There are also many ALT Balaji Originals aimed at kids with 100+ hours of content.

ALT Balaji Movies

If you are more of a movie person, then you can enjoy the ALTBalaji films which come in various flavours like Comedy, Action, Romance, Adult, and Drama. There are many other non-original movies available on ALT Balaji.

Popular ALT Balaji Films

Once Upon a Time in Mumbai

Shootout at Lokhandwala

Shootout at Wadala

Shor in the City

Krishna Cottage

Kyaa Kool Hain Hum

Ragini MMS

Kya Kool Hain Hum

How to Watch ALT Balaji Free Shows?

If you don’t want to spend money on ALTBalaji subscription, then read this section carefully. We have listed the ways in which you can watch the premium content of Alt Balaji at absolutely no cost.

Watch Free On Mx Player

Good news for all the Indian viewers! You can now stream over 950 videos of ALTBalaji for free on MX Player including Punch Beat, Dev D, Gandi Baat and Hero Vardiwala. Mx player offers some of the premium content of top online streaming services for free, but with Ads. If you want Ad-free access on MX Player, then you need to purchase the MX Player Pro app.

How to Watch on MX Player

You can either watch the premium Alt Balaji content for free on the MX Player website or the iOS & Android apps.

Open the website or the app.

You need to sign in using your FaceBook ID on the MX Player app, but no sign-ups are required on the website.

Search ‘alt Balaji’ in the search bar and voila! you can now stream the content for free.

Note: This service is only available for India as of now. Also, you can’t download content from MX Player currently.

Watch Free on Alt Balaji

The first 3 episodes of every show of ALT Balaji are available for free on its Website as well as App. Also, there is a limit to the maximum number of total episodes available for streaming in the free plan. If you don’t have a subscription, you can still watch the content of ALT Balaji through the streaming apps of telecom operators – Jio for JioCinema, Airtel TV for Airtel & Vodafone Play for Vodafone users (and now Idea too). Scroll down to the next section for more details on this.

How Can I Get ALTBalaji Subscription for free?

ALT Balaji has collaboration with all the top 3 telecom providers giving full access to its content including all the Movies, TV Series and Originals. Many people quote it as a ‘hack’ but it is not a hack or a shortcut but a way to stream ALT Balaji’s content through the customer retention efforts laid by all the Telecom Operators.

How to Subscribe to ALT Balaji?

Alright, so you’ve now read the subscription plans and ready to purchase one of them. For new users, it’s a 2 step process. First, you’ll have to register yourself on the platform. This is free and you can basically browse all the content on ALTBalaji but can stream only limited content. Secondly, there are the subscription plans with which you can access the premium content.

To Register On ALTBalaji

Click on the user icon in the top right corner of the page and select ‘Sign Up’.

Enter email, password, date of birth and state or sign in using a Facebook account.

That’s it, free content is now accessible for an unlimited number of times.

Subscribe To ALTBalaji

Click on the user icon and select ‘Subscribe’.

Select the preferred subscription plan.

Select Payment method and Enter payment details.

Now watch all the videos available on ALT Balaji on 5 devices at a time.

Are There Any ALTBalaji Alternatives?

ALTBalaji is one of the most popular video streaming service in India because of its Youth-oriented content domination. If you are looking for any alternatives of Alt Balaji, or want to see where does Alt Balaji stands amid all the competition, then check out the following comparison table.

Zee5

With a huge content catalogue along with a vast library of Live TV channels, Zee5 has a lot of entertainment content for its users. But like ALT Balaji, most of it requires you to pay for a Zee5 subscription.

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video has proved itself as the most rapidly growing online video streaming service after Netflix. It has gained immense popularity in India with its original, Mirzapur. You can get a free subscription for Prime Video in the following ways.

Hotstar

Hotstar was named as the most popular streaming service in India. in 2017 with a market share of 32% by the number of subscribers. Hotstar offers content from a wide array of Media Networks, like Star and HBO and is decorated with popular movies and shows like Friends, Game Of Thrones along with its own Hotstar Originals.

Eros Now

With over 11,000 titles, Eros Now has the highest count of movies available with any Online Media Service in India. Their content spans Bollywood Movies, Regional films, TV Shows, Music Videos, Film trailers, and Music.

To get a clear understanding of how ALTBalaji stands in front of its competitors, take a look at the below table that compares ALTBalaji with its competitors on various parameters.

Alt Balaji: What’s Good and What’s Bad?

Every online video streaming platform has its own good and bad. Check out the following list of all the good and bad things that we found on Alt Balaji.

The Good

First 3 episodes of every series are free.

Low subscription costs.

Available in many regional languages.

Aimed at Indian viewers across the globe and available in 90 countries.

No ads, neither in the free nor in the paid account.

Available for free through plans of many Telecom Operators.

The Bad

Relatively low amount & variety of content as compared to competitors like Zee5.

Negligible Hollywood Content

Subscription in one country may not be available in another

Alt Balaji: Is It Worth the Bucks?

The feature to watch three episodes before deciding whether to get that subscription is great and no other OTT provides this functionality. This in a way shows how much confidence ALT Balaji has on its content. As of date, ALT Balaji does not have enough content to stand out among the competitors like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar & Zee5. So who should get ALT Balaji premium subscription:

If you don’t have a relevant plan from Airtel, Jio or Vodafone which gives free access to their content on Airtel TV, JioCinema or Vodafone Play App

If you mainly want to watch on Desktop but have an Airtel or Vodafone Number (only Jio has content available on its website).